Follow him, using babytalk to lighten the moment. (rabbit.org)
In American English, this type of babytalk typically uses high pitch, short utterances, repetition, loud volume and slowed - down speech. (sciencenews.org)
If he had lived longer, Louis's ga - ga play might have acquired an entire cultural setting: Berryman's babble; Roethke's rickety rhythms... There is a cartoon quality in, for example, Para 1 of 1959, that hints at a parallel to their boozy babytalk. (frieze.com)